New Zealand Railways
C class 2-6-2 locomotive, 1931
These stamps, used to prepay railway parcel & freight charges, were introduced on 31 August 1925. From then on, all parcels were expected to be prepaid with stamps. Any sent “On Collect” were subject to an unpopular 25% surcharge. This surcharge on "to pay" parcels was abolished on 11 October 1928. The rationale for stamps was then largely lost and usage dropped rapidly thereafter. Sale to "private persons" ceased in 1933, leaving only bulk sales to businesses. By 1940 the use of the stamps was very limited[1] In April 1951 their use was limited to just Newspapers and stereotype casts. The last stamps were finally withdrawn in 1959.
Two major works deal with the stamps production and use. The first was a chapter in Volume VI of The Postage Stamps of New Zealand, 1977 (RPSNZ), which also covered the earlier Newspaper, Parcel and Freight stamps. In 1979 the chapters relating to railway and revenue stamps were released in monograph form as New Zealand Railway and Revenue Stamps. In 1983 the RPSNZ published a monograph by Jim Brodie entitled New Zealand Railway Charges Stamps: Design and Printing. All are still reasonably frequently available, and so a lot of information contained in them is not repeated here.
More recently, the stamps have been catalogued at a specialised level in the Kiwi Catalogue of New Zealand Revenue and Railway Stamps (now 8th Edition, 2023, Mowbray Collectables), and also online by Dave Elsmore at www.ozrevenues.com(since 1997).
This document aims instead to give a broad coverage of the stamps, and illustrate interesting features and examples as a permanent record. Most illustrations are at 150%.
The stamps were issued in 13 values, to a common design. The colours below are the usually accepted catalogue colours, with the original printer's colours in parentheses.
½d black
1d violet (mauve)
2d blue (light blue)
3d yellow (golden chrome)
6d green (dark green)
8d yellow-green ("3/- postal note" green)
9d red-brown (Indian red)
1/- brown (lake brown)
1/6d dark blue (dark blue)
2/- pink (salmon pink)
2/6d grey (slate)
5/- crimson (vermilion)
10/- plum (maroon lake)
There were multiple printings of all values, from just two of the 10/- to 15 of the ½d. All but the ½d, 8d and 10/- were initially printed in 1920, but not issued until August 1925. The 10/- followed in February 1926, the 8d in July 1926 and finally the ½d in February 1928. All bar the ½d were initially printed in sheets of 100 (10 rows of 10).
After February 1927 the printing plates were increased from 100 to 120 (10 rows of 12) by the addition
of supplementary pair of blocks of 5 rows of 2 (printing as columns 1 & 2).
The later printings of the 1d were made from a new plate, where the design differed in omitting the dot from under the "D" of "1D", possibly in 1935 (Brodie, 1983, p37).
Brodie (1983, Table 3) has tabulated all the printings, and records the last runs on 24/10/1958 of 2,000 sheets each of the ½d, 2d and 3d. All were printed on wove paper.
From Government Printing Office records, the number of each value printed can be totalled:
½d | 3,480,000 |
1d | 3,600,000 (of which 1,440,000 are "no dot", using 1935 as the change year) |
2d | 2,000,000 |
3d | 2,940,000 |
6d | 4,490,000 |
8d | 900,000 |
9d | 1,420,000 |
1/- | 3,100,000 |
1/6d | 1,480,000 |
2/- | 1,340,000 |
2/6d | 980,000 |
5/- | 660,000 |
10/- | 110,000 |
Unused stocks were returned to Head Office over time, especially the less used 5/- and 10/-.
Catalogue values against numbers printed
At first glance, one should expect that the catalogue value would be proportional to the numbers printed. Let's reorder the stamps by number printed, and show the current (Kiwi 2023) catalogue value for used stamps.
6d | $10 |
½d | $60 |
1/- | $10 |
3d | $10 |
1d (dot) | $5 |
2d | $10 |
1/6d | $25 |
1d (no dot) | $5 |
9d | $50 |
2/- | $25 |
2/6d | $50 |
8d | $75 |
5/- | $75 |
10/- | $3,000 |
Apart from the final four, there is little obvious correlation. Plus the high catalogue for used ½d's seems nonintuitive.
The ½d is actually quite scarce. This can be attributed to the fact they were for shipping a single newspaper, and so almost all would have gone out with the newspapers themselves. Early stamped newspapers are very rare anyway, and I'm unaware of any complete papers bearing a ½d Railway Charges stamp.
The 8d was for cases of fruit, especially. Being often stuck to wood, fewer have survived as a result.
We know that many 5/- and 10/- were returned unused (they were originally produced to pay the rate on Excess Luggage). A handful of used copies of the 10/- are known, one mint and a few pairs also (see Appendix H).
Three perforators were used - 14½x14, 14 and 15x14.
All seem equally common, although not all values ended up acquiring all three perforations. The exceptions are[2]:
½d | 14, 15x14 |
1d (no dot) | 15x14 |
10/- | 14½x14, 14 |
The 14½ perforations are not regular, and would more accurately be described as 15-14. That is, the first half as p15 and the second half p14. This is best demonstrated by aligning two stamps, then flipping the lower item over. Regular perforations will continue to closely align when flipped, irregular ones will not.
Perf 14
Perf 14½
Perf 15
A few stamps perf 14½x14 were printed in 1926 on paper with the watermark "KINGSWAY BOND"[3] in large double-lined capitals reading twice per sheet up and down. From the printing date, they should only have type I station names. Many stamps on the sheet would be no watermark, but apparently once you know what to look for, the paper is quite distinct.
A 2/6d value showing part watermark “YA” (standard and using Retroreveal) Those recorded so far with letter watermarks are 3d, 8d, 9d, 1/-, 2/- and 2/6d.
All are very scarce and probably under-priced in the Kiwi catalogue.
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Prior to being issued to stations, all stamps were to be overprinted with the station name "to reduce the possibility of fraud to a minimum".
The earlier publications note five main types of overprint:
Type I - "Typewriter" seriffed capitals 2¼-2½mm, printed through a screen. Reading horizontally.
Ia – Slightly larger capitals, but reading vertically. Only known for AUCKLAND[4] & (possibly) COURTENAY PLACE, late 1927-early 1928, apparently a trial to replace Type I. Reading up or down.
Type II - Seriffed stencilled capitals, 3mm high. Reading up or down.
Type III - Very similar, but Letterpress. Only a few stations seen so far, including AUCKLAND, DUNEDIN, HAWERA, LAMBTON, MATAURA, MOSGIEL, MERCER, PETONE &
THORNDON. Reading up or down.
Type IV - Mixed upper and lower case, only seen for Onehunga Town, reading up or down. Type V - Station number (usually) and name hand-stamped in violet ink, occasionally other colours. The letter size varies. All are in black, except Type V.
Type I is the earliest, and generally appears on perf 14½x14 stamps. Conversely, the other overprint types are almost always found on the other two perforations. Finally Type V is the last type introduced, and are rather scarce. Type V seems to be found mainly on the 15x14 stamps.
This author has not sighted a Type I on the ½d value suggesting that type of overprinting had ceased before February 1928[5]. As Type Ia seems to be a trial of a larger vertical overprint preceding the introduction of Types II and III, any use of those types before 1928 would be unexpected. Usage of Type I after that time would be expected from remaining stock, but rapidly diminishing, especially from the larger stations.
Types II and III can be hard to distinguish sometimes, but the grain effect of being printed through an inked mesh is obvious under magnification, and there are frequently ink mesh marks between letters (see illustrations on the following page). The Letterpress letters are crisper, with nothing printed between. Some stations are known to have used both Types II and III – refer Appendix A.
Stamps are known used without any station overprint. Mint gummed stamps sans overprint also exist. Mint gummed stamps with station overprints also exist but seem very rare, certainly much more so than the catalogue prices would indicate.
Many stations are found in two or three overprint types, but many are also only known by one type. Refer Appendix I.
Sample overprints.
Types I & Ia
Type I DUNEDIN Type I LAMBTON Type Ia AUCKLAND
Type II AUCKLAND 
closeup 
DUNEDIN closeup 
Type III MOSGIEL 
closeup 
DUNEDIN closeup 
Note: some heavily inked Type II can appear like Type III.
Type IV Onehunga Town 
Type V 21 Auckland 
PALMERSTON NORTH 
(note, 1D no dot)
BLENHEIM 
WELLINGTON 
Secondary Stations
Secondary stations appear as handstamps on other stations’ stamps, it being conjectured that they did not conduct sufficient business to justify having properly overprinted stamps of their own. They differ from unmanned Flag stations in that they were manned, sometimes intermittently.
BALCAIRN on SEFTON TE HORO on OTAKI TAIPUHA on PAPAROA
Also recorded are Claudelands on Hamilton, Owhango on National Park, Walton on Matamata, Hangatiki on Te Kuiti, Waikanae on Paekakariki and Tirau on Putaruru. All are extremely scarce.
A list of Flag stations can be found in The Mail Coach V13/3 Nov. 1976, but none of those have yet been recorded on Railway Charges stamps.
Overprint varieties
Type I.
Only one example of Type I is known inverted (COURTENAY / PLACE). This station[6] also known in violet (recorded on both 1d & 2d), and in one line with thin line above[7].
Millers Flat, Type I mixed case GREYMOUTH doubled
(only Type I recorded as such)
MIDDLEMARCH doubled LINCOLN doubled
Doubled overprints of Type I are notably scarcer than those of Type II/III. That is likely because they were produced over a much shorter length of time. Note also that doubled overprints are vertically offset for Type I, but horizontally for Types II/III implying the direction of feeding sheets into the press differed.
Types II & III
Types II and III are found both reading up and down for many stations. The direction is not significant and should not be treated as such[8].
CENTRAL B.O. / WELLINGTON up 
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and down 
This common Wellington overprint is also known with Wellington first.
WELLINGTON / CENTRAL B.O. up 
and down 
and “mixed” 
AUCKLAND down and up pair 
Type II double overprints are known (not to be confused with “kiss” or “chatter” double overprints).
AUCKLAND 
CLINTON 
DUNEDIN up and down 
AUCKLAND up and down 
DUNEDIN 
TAUMARUNUI double 
and even Triple+ overprints
DUNEDIN Triple plus 
CHRISTCHURCH 
(a hint of a fourth overprint at far left)
CENTRAL B.O.WELLINGTON “Kiss overprint” 
CENTRAL B.O. WELLINGTON
Triple “Kiss overprint” WAIMATE “Kiss overprint”
Missing letters are known, generally at the beginning or end of the overprint.
REEFTON missing R AUCKLAND missing A CHRISTCHURCH missing H
WELLINGTON CENTRAL NEW PLYMOUTH missing WELLINGTON missing N
B.O. missing O. NE
Overprints are sometimes seen quite mis-aligned.
AUCKLAND 
AUCKLAND INVERCARGILL CENTRAL B.O.
HELENSVILLE, on 1d No Dot, with a second fainter but AUCKLAND mirrored
Reversed (Mirror) overprint, likely caused by the sheet folding face-to-face before the overprint was dry.
INVERCARGILL 
Overprint layouts
Brodie, in his publications, did not discuss the layout of the overprinting formes. It remains possible that the forme was a set of vertical columns but did not encompass a complete sheet, especially when the sheet sizes were increased with two extra columns. Possibly the sheet needed to be either slid across or inverted and fed back under the press to overprint the columns not yet done. That manual process would account for the multitude of double prints seen quite frequently with type II/III, and the existence of up and down overprints on adjacent horizontal pairs, and especially the mixed up and down double overprints on the one stamp.
Type I
Strips of any Type I are very scarce. On the SYMONDS STREET strip of four below[9] the spaces are 9.5mm on stamp 1 and between stamps 3 & 4, and 11mm between stamps 2 & 3. The narrow gap and the vertical offset between stamps 1 & 2 imply the sheet being moved and the overprint forme being reapplied.
Type II/III
This horizontal strip of four 3d THORNDON, hand-stamped “CANCELLED”, are all reading Up. The horizontal spacings measure 23mm, 18mm & 18mm.
![clip_image062[2]](https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1pfA63q4TPzJDgmv96h-NzlpO276jEtX1 "clip_image062[2]")
Of particular interest is this large block of 3d WELLINGTON, showing the rightmost seven columns from a 120-impression sheet[10]. This has the strange overprint orientation pattern of Down-Up-UpDown-Up-Up-Down. In addition, it appears to have been folded while the station overprint was still wet, giving some mirrored overprints. The horizontal spacings measure 19mm, 20mm, 21mm, 19mm, 20mm & 21mm.
There is no obvious reason why each individual station overprint layout had to follow some standard pattern. Nonetheless, the above show some evidence towards the overprint formes covering 3 columns and being applied in some manual step-and-repeat process, especially post the 1927 move to 12 column sheets. A set-up of 3 columns does not make sense against to a 10x10 layout which applied before then.
More horizontal strips and blocks in excess of 3 stamps wide are required for further analysis.
![clip_image009[2]](https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1ZEitv1qbIt0rDWrcezeXp8id8vI7emFW "clip_image009[2]")
As noted previously, used examples are known without any station overprint.
And finally, fresh mint full gum items, with and without the station overprint, are also known. Values 6d and up are very scarce or unknown. In fact, the Kiwi catalogue underrates all the mint items.
2d DUNEDIN, MUH 
Mint stamps without overprints are notably more common than those with station overprints.
No Overprint ½d MUH; 2d & 3d MLH
MNG items are reasonably scarce but should be treated as used items that escaped being cancelled, and valued as such. Beware modern mint forgeries, usually in an incorrect colour.
Used stamps generally have one of four types of cancellations:
1. Coloured pencil or crayon lines or cross or text.
2. Dated station large oval handstamp (various types exist) Usually black, but can be violet.
3. "Clock" timestamp. Black, violet, blue and green seen.
4. Sending Station number, with bars. Black, red or violet seen.
Other known types include rectangular boxed and straight-line station name.
A. Pencil/crayon lines or text
ALLANTON M/S “Cancelled”
B. Large dated ovals
Several different types are shown here, variants no doubt exist. For instance, differences in the number of points on the stars that are often found at each side (5, 6, 8 & 11 reported), or hollow versus solid stars[11].
Usually in black, the cancellations are also known in violet, red or greenish-blue. The same can be said for the Timestamp and Station Number cancellations.
a. Outside single-lined 55x37mm, 8-point stars
DUNEDIN PARCELS 5 JUL 1928
CENTRAL B.O. / WELLINGTON 26 NOV 1929
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b. Outside single-lined 55x33mm c. Outside single-lined 55x33mm, 6-point stars
AUCKLAND PARCELS JUN ? 1932 HASTINGS 28 DEC 1931, in blue Date line inverted
e. Outside double-lined plus inner
d. Outside double-lined 55x37mm 55x35mm
DUNEDIN PARCEL COURTENAY PLACE / WELLINGTON PARCELS 17 OCT 193?
C. Date & Time “clock” cancellations
WANGANUI PARCELS 6 APR 1926
D. Station numbers
These are usually a number in a square frame of six bars. The number in an oval is very unusual. Generally applied in black, also known in blue, purple, green or red.
242 of NATIONAL PARK 706 of CLYDE
308 of ARAMOHO 751 of WAIPAHI
E. Station Parcels Handstamps
AUCKLAND PARCELS 333 PALMERSTON NORTH / PARCELS
KUROW GREYMOUTH / PARCELS OFFICE
(JUN 1946) Also seen: NAPIER PARCELS, GORE PARCELS.
See also the Type V column in Appendix A.
F. Other cancellations
CH’CH CH’CH
CBO
(ex Classic
Stamps auction
19 Aug 2010)
“PAID BY STAMPS” “PAID BY STAMPS” (two types)
Straight-line date-stamp Boxed date
Early use dates
A clear dated cancel from 31 August 1925 would be first day of use of most values. Any 1925 cancel should command a premium.
DEC 21 1925 CH’CH JAN 14 1926 24 JAN 1926 (year 30 JAN 1926
THORNDON slug inverted) DUNEDIN
DUNEDIN
16 MAR 1926 DUNEDIN
?5 MAR 1926 DUNEDIN 6 APR 1926 WANGANUI
31 August 1926 DUNEDIN (exactly one year after first issued)
As usage declined rapidly from the mid-1930s, clear dated items from 1940 onwards are scarce.
12 NOV 1943 DUNEDIN 15 MAY 1944 21 JAN 1946
CHRISTCHURCH GREYMOUTH
MAR 1948
15 3 1947 WANGANUI WELLINGTON /
CENTRAL B.O.
Items from the last year (1959) would also command a significant premium, as indeed any item dated in the 1950s should[12]. These are most likely to be ½d, or the 1d No Dot. Brodie (1983, Table 5) noted a date of use in 1953.
As Types II and III appear to have been introduced in 1928, any usage before that would be unexpected and noteworthy. Likewise as Type I was phased out, usages after 1928 would be unusual but not unexpected as smaller offices used up slow-moving stocks on hand, or stamp purchasers slowly used up their own held supplies which they had purchased somewhat earlier.
For the three stamps issued after August 1925 - the 10/- in February 1926, the 8d in July 1926 and finally the ½d in February 1928, these obviously have later “early” dates of use.
Used on cover
Letters could be carried by the railway service in special circumstances. Urgent mail relating to newspapers was one of these. The cover below from Matamata is addressed to the Sub Editor of The New Zealand Herald in Auckland, on 16/3/34. Such covers are extremely scarce.
Classic Stamps Ltd Private Treaty offers list from 2003 had two such covers, another from Matamata (Type II) tied by a clear “144” station number cancel, and one from Putaruru (Type I) tied by an oval cancel for 15 MAR 1931, both addressed to Sub Editor, N.Z. Herald, as the item illustrated above.
NZ Post Office postmarks
Rare examples are known with a postal date-stamp.
NATIONAL PARK 8 FE 32
ROLLESTON HEATHCOTE (I) HEATHCOTE (II)
12 DE 31 ? 1930 25 AU 32
Cancellation Errors
Inverted date parts of cancellers are known.
Day “28” inverted Date line inverted
Day “23” and “AM” inverted Day “18” inverted
Perfins are very scarce and are so far recorded for E W Mills Wellington, MGM and Kodak.
All CENTRAL B.O. / WELLINGTON so far.
EWM / W (EW Mills Wellington) (Trademe) | MGM (Elsmore) |
MGM (Trademe) MGM (Trademe)
“K” (Kodak)
On Newspaper
Once sales to the public ceased in 1933, the predominant business continuing to use the stamps were newspaper publishers. Bundles of newspapers continued to be delivered to stations for pickup by local deliverers, and general stores.
Below is a very rare (unique?) survivor, being a printer’s single-sided proof pull of two pages of The Buller Times (published 1937-Nov 1 1941), used to wrap 8 newspapers from Westport to Seddonville, on July 5 1941.
It appears to be addressed to “Harlen Seddonville”, probably the local general store owner.
The 3d is perf 14, while the 1d is perf 15x14.
The masthead, showing the date.
The full proof pull.
On Piece
Stamps still on piece, especially showing a clear dated cancel are desirable, even more so if a "mixed" franking.
DUNEDIN 22 JUL 1931
In the Dunedin item above, the 2/- and 1/- stamps have the Type II 3mm stencil overprints, while the 9d is the Type III 3mm Letterpress.
This parcel piece from Auckland, dated December 30 1931, shows a franking of £1/7/2 which is exceptionally high, certainly the highest I’ve seen to date. It was either for a very heavy package travelling a long way from Auckland, possibly with one of the various additional percent surcharges in play (see Appendix D), or it represented a consolidated payment for a collection of items going to the same destination[13].
Even a parcel at the maximum permitted weight of 2 cwt (224lbs) going from Auckland to Invercargill would only be 24s (£1/4).
It also highlights the likelihood that no 10/- stamps were available, as the Excess Luggage fee they were intended for had ceased the year before (February 1930) so supplies had presumably already been returned to Head Office for destruction.
3d WELLINGTON block of 14 for a charge of 3/6d.
The sheet number means this came from the printings of mid-1938.
This strip of three 6d stamps shows a late use of the Type I overprint for LOWER HUTT, from 1931.
Parcel Tags
Parcel tags, especially those from identifiable senders are also desirable.
The New Zealand Express Co.
PALMERSTON N.
The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co.
WANGANUI
From 1925, all parcels sent from manned stations had to be prepaid, although this did not necessarily mean using the stamps. Regular business customers could arrange to operate accounts, and settle up monthly. To avoid the 25% surcharge applied to unpaid parcels by the recipient, a series of green PAID labels (stationery number PL10) were issued around the same time as the stamps, and are known in use to at least 1932.
They perform the same function as the stamps, as their use on parcel tags demonstrates. There are various types, differing in size, text and font. They are catalogued in the Kiwi catalogue (2019) at $40 each.
Images in this section are at 100%, Kiwi RP and RCTP codes have been used.
RP1 AUCKLAND RP2 NGAHERE handstamp
RP3 WELLINGTON on parcel tag
RP4 Palmerston North
RP5 CHRISTCHURCH
RP6 Palmerston North on parcel tag
The unpopular 25% surcharge on unpaid parcels was abolished on 11 October 1928. However, to indicate to the receiving station to obtain payment nonetheless, red TO PAY labels were also in use, with stationery number PL10A. They are catalogued in the Kiwi catalogue (2014) at $60 each.
RCTP1 AUCKLAND RCTP2 973 BLENHEIM handstamp
RCTP3 GREYMOUTH
RCTP4 CHRISTCHURCH
New type - PARCEL seriffed, TO PAY in large sans-serif, single underline (1930?)
(Auckland City Stamps Auction #237, June 1 2021, sold $40)
RCTP5, unused
It is obvious that the stamps from the main stations (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin) will be met with more frequently than those from small towns e.g. Duntroon or Miller's Flat. Apart from experience, the best guide available to relative station scarcity exists in Brodie, 1983, where he reproduces the value of stamps shipped to nearly all 300-odd stations between 1 September 1930 to 24 August 1931, from information in the Railway Dept archive. The 11 largest stations are not recorded, but the remaining range from a high of £1,226 to Hamilton to just £3 to several minor stations such as Springfield and Rangitata. Many very small stations recorded no requirement for stamp supplies at all, including Penrose and Hinds.
Brodie also recorded elsewhere other manned stations as having allocated station numbers, which were not in the 1930-31 returns, they are shown in Appendix A with "?" for Band, and some may not ever have had stamps issued to them[14].
By sorting the stations by value of stamps supplied in that time period, a crude relative scarcity can be attained. Stations with a similar value can then be arbitrarily grouped into bands from 1 - Most Common to 10 - Very Scarce and ? - Unrecorded.
Band | £Value range 1930-31 | No. stations |
1 | Not recorded, but very high. Basically the top 11 stations encountered frequently – AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON (including THORNDON, LAMBTON & COURTENAY PLACE), CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN | 8 |
2 | The remainder of those 11 not recorded, and any with £500 supplied or greater e.g. HAMILTON. The remainder of those noted by Brodie, e.g. WANGANUI, PALMERSTON NORTH, INVERCARGILL. | 9 |
3 | £200-£499 | 22 |
4 | £100-£199 | 35 |
5 | £50-£99 | 33 |
6 | £30-£49 | 30 |
7 | £20-£29 | 24 |
8 | £10-£19 | 36 |
9 | £1-£9 | 28 |
10 | No stamps supplied 1930-31 | 70 |
? | Station not recorded in 1930-31 list | 23 |
What premium collectors apply as the Band increases remains unknown, but one definitely exists. See the examples in Appendix I.
1. Dave Elsmore (www.ozrevenues.com) for images, especially the 10/- pair, the COURTENAY PLACE varieties and the large used block of the 3d WELLINGTON.
2. Darryl Keegan for many additions to the list of known station overprints, scans of cancellations and the 1d on cover.
3. Craig Bourne for the Wanganui clock cancel.
4. Graham Robertson (pers. corr.) re Flag Stations v. Secondary Stations.
5. Paul Wreglesworth for some items on piece, especially the high franking one.
6. Alan Craig for the watermark example and the “K” perfin.
7. Some stations noted in the list published in The Mail Coach V7/11 July 1971 (G. Riley) are also recorded here but have yet to be sighted (noted as ?MC in Appendix A).
8. Neil Fenwick for more 10/- Plum images
9. Various online auction sellers’ images of items[15]
1. New Zealand Railway Stamps, G. Riley, Mail Coach Vol. 7 No. 11, July 1971.
2. The Postage Stamps of New Zealand Volume VI, 1977, RPSNZ, Brodie, Chapter XXII
3. New Zealand Railways Newspaper and Freight Stamps, J.W. Brodie, Panpex ’77 Literature Entry (copy held in RPSNZ Library)
4. New Zealand Railway and Revenue Stamps, RPSNZ, J.W. Brodie, 1979.
5. New Zealand Railway Charges Stamps: Design and Printing, RPSNZ, J.W. Brodie, 1983
6. Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand 1863-2010, Juliet Scobie, 2010
7. The Kiwi Catalogue of New Zealand Revenue and Railway Stamps, 8th edition, 2023, Mowbray Collectables, D. Smitham (Ed.)
8. J.W. Brodie research notes held in RPSNZ Archives, section 4.8
9. www.ozrevenues.com(since 1997), Dave Elsmore
10. Classic Stamps Ltd Auction catalogues 1997-2012
11. Ashford Stamps Ltd Auction catalogues 1995-2020
12. David Holmes Philatelist and Auckland City Stamps Postal Bid Sales 1997-2022
13. Stirling Auction catalogues, 1987-1997
Appendix A. Station Names, Open/Close dates, Station numbers, 1930-31 stamps’ value ordered, Scarcity Band and Overprints sighted.
The table in Appendix A gives known information about all recorded stations during this period. When a station opened or closed in the stamp period (date in red) may provide information regarding the likelihood of various overprints or perforations. Closure date is Goods traffic where it remained open subsequently for passenger traffic (e.g. Johnsonville).
A “Y” in an overprint column means it exists with the text as shown for the Station Name (in CAPITALS however), else the actual text used is shown. A ? means the station was not in the original Brodie list of known stations, and some may never have had stamps issued.
Double and Triple overprints sighted are noted by (dbl) and (tpl); Mirrored by (mrr).
A blank means that overprint has not yet been sighted by the author.
Determining the relative scarcity of any different overprints for the same station has not been attempted.
Appendix A-1. 1956 Maps of North & South Islands’ railway lines and stations.
Appendix B. Brodie proofs
Appendix C. Sheet Numbers
Appendix D. 1925 Stamped Parcels Rates poster
Appendix E. 1927 rejected ½d proof
Appendix F. 1982 Dunedin Railway postage stamp Cinderella mini-sheet
Appendix G. Modern Forgeries
Appendix H. The 10/- plum
Appendix I. Recent(-ish) auction realisations (includes Index to Appendix I)
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (= Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Abbotsford | 1/7/1984 | - | | | 10 | Y | | |
Addington | 13/10/1866 | - | 511 | £119 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Albury | 1/1/1877 | 3/3/1968 | 625 | | 10 | Y | | |
Alexandra | 18/12/1906 | 4/4/1990 | 705 | £15 | 8 | Y | Y | Y |
Allanton | 1/9/1875 | 20/7/1980 | 715 | £15 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Amberley | 9/2/1876 | - | 529 | £30 | 6 | Y | | |
Aramoho | 17/5/1877 | 22/9/1986 | 308 | £109 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Arthur's Pass | 1/7/1914 | 3/11/1986 | 598 | £37 | 6 | ARTH PASS | | |
Ashburton | 24/8/1874 | - | 610 | £379 | 3 | Y | Y (dbl) | |
Ashurst | 4/3/1891 | 9/10/1983 | 335 | £16 | 8 | | Y | |
Auckland | 24/12/1873 | - (Britomart) | 21 | V.High | 1 | Y (also Type Ia) | Y (both types) (dbl, tpl, mrr) | 21 AUCKLAND, AUCKLAND (4mm serif) |
Avondale | 29/3/1880 | 28/6/1986 | 29 | £143 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Balclutha | 2/9/1875 | - | 737 | £134 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Balfour | 1/8/1880 | 15/1/1978 | 770 | | ? | | | |
Beaumont | 15/12/1914 | 1/6/1968 | | | 10 | Y | | |
Belfast | 29/4/1872 | 13/10/1986 | 516 | £18 | 8 | | | |
Blackball | 7/1910 | 21/12/1966 | | £25 | 7 | | Y | |
Blenheim | 18/11/1875 | - | 973 | £60 | 5 | Y | Y (dbl) | Y |
Bluff | 5/2/1867 | - | 792 | £60 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Breakwater | 6/1872 | 2/5/1937 | 651 | | 10 | | | |
Burnham | 2/1868 | 29/3/1981 | 602 | | ? | | | |
Burnside | c.9/1882 | 13/8/1983 | 687 | £9 | 9 | Y | | |
Cambridge | 8/10/1884 | 2/2/1999 | 138 | £95 | 5 | Y | | |
Carterton | 1/11/1880 | 13/10/1986 | 386 | £36 | 6 | Y | Y (dbl ) | |
Caversham | 1/7/1874 | 6/8/1978 | 686 | £24 | 7 | Y | | |
Chertsey | 24/8/1874 | 4/3/1979 | 608 | £10 | 8 | Y | | |
Cheviot | ? | ? | | | ?MC | | | |
Christchurch | 1/12/1863 | - | 508,509 | V.High | 1 | CH'CH, CHCH CBO | CENTRAL B.O. / CHRISTCHURCH, CHRISTCHURCH / CENTRAL B.O. (tpl) | |
Clinton | 1/11/1877 | 10/1990 | 749 | £16 | 8 | Y | Y (dbl) | |
Clive | 12/10/1874 | 25/5/1977 | 417 | £20 | 7 | Y | | |
Clyde | 2/4/1907 | 14/4/1980 | 706 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Coalgate | c.6/1875 | 31/3/1962 | 600 | | 10 | | | |
Courtenay Place | ? | ? | 366 | V.High | 1 | Y, (Blk & Vio), Inv., As 1 line Rare | | |
Cromwell | 11/7/1921 | 14/4/1980 | 707 | £7 | 9 | Y | Y | |
Culverden | 9/2/1886 | 15/1/1978 | 563 | £35 | 6 | Y | | |
Cust | 1/12/1874 | 19/4/1959 | | | ? | Y | | |
Dannevirke | 13/6/1887 | - | 402 | £294 | 3 | Y, DAN'VIRKE | Y | |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (= Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Darfield | 1/12/1874 | - | 592 | £20 | 7 | Y | | |
Dargaville | 2/1889 | - | 450 | £84 | 5 | DARGA'VLE | Y | Y |
Dipton | 20/10/1875 | 21/6/1981 | 822 | | 10 | Y | | |
Donnelly's Crossing | 1/4/1923 | 18/7/1958 | 453 | £3 | 9 | | | |
Drury | 20/5/1875 | 21/5/1972 | 107 | | 10 | Y | | |
Dunedin | 26/10/1884 | - | 682,683 | V.High | 1 | Y | Y (both types) (dbl, tpl, mrr ) | Y |
Dunedin Bus Office | ? | ? | | | ? | Y, BUS OFFICE/DUNEDIN | | |
Dunsandel | 3/2/1873 | 25/4/1982 | 604 | £13 | 8 | Y | | |
Duntroon | c.12/1881 | 5/6/1983 | 645 | | 10 | Y | | |
Ealing | 31/5/1875 | 4/10/1975 | 615 | | ? | | | |
Edendale | 7/6/1875 | - | 775 | £10 | 8 | Y | | |
Edgecumbe | 9/1920 | 3/12/2001 | 185 | £47 | 6 | Y | | |
Eketahuna | 8/4/1889 | 4/8/1987 | 392 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Ellerslie | 1/1874 | 26/11/1959 | 92 | £25 | 7 | Y | | |
Eltham | 7/2/1881 | 22/9/1986 | 291 | £82 | 5 | Y | | |
Fairlie | 9/1/1884 | 3/3/1968 | 627 | £97 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Featherston | 12/10/1878 | 13/10/1986 | 381 | £87 | 5 | FEATHRSTN | Y | |
Feilding | 20/10/1876 | 1/7/2002 | 330 | £415 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Fordell | 17/5/1877 | 19/4/1986 | 312 | | 10 | | | |
Foxton | 26/7/1873 | 19/7/1959 | 340 | £31 | 6 | Y | | |
Frankton | 19/12/1877 | - | 133 | | 10 | Y | | |
Frankton Jcn | 19/12/1877 | - | 133 | £328 | 3 | FRANK JN | | |
Gisborne | 26/6/1902 | - | 475 | £48 | 6 | Y | Y | Y |
Glen Afton | 14/6/1924 | 5/3/1973 | 127 | £130 | 4 | Y | | |
Glenavy | 17/4/1876 | 27/11/1980 | 640 | | 10 | Y | | |
Glenhope | 2/9/1912 | 3/9/1955 | 955 | | 10 | | | |
Gore | 30/8/1875 | - | 763 | £355 | 3 | Y | Y | 763 GORE PARCELS |
Granity | 28/2/1892 | 16/5/1982 | 949 | £9 | 9 | Y | | |
Greatford | 20/5/1878 | 27/3/1983 | 316 | £4 | 9 | Y | | |
Green Island | 1/7/1874 | - | 689 | £9 | 9 | | | |
Greenlane | c.11/1877 | 4/8/1987 | 081 | £24 | 7 | Y | Y | |
Greymouth | 8/4/1876 | - | 911,912 | £457 | 3 | Y (dbl) | Y (both types ) | Y |
Greytown | 14/5/1880 | 25/12/1953 | 384 | £44 | 6 | Y | | |
Halcombe | 22/4/1878 | 27/3/1983 | 329 | £27 | 7 | Y | Y | |
Hamilton | 22/3/1879 | - | 134 | £1226 | 1 | Y | Y (dbl ) | Y |
Hampden | 4/11/1876 | 6/12/1981 | 660 | £3 | 9 | Y | | |
Hastings | 12/10/1874 | - | 415 | High | 2 | Y | Y (tpl ) | 415 HASTINGS |
Hawarden | 15/9/1884 | 15/1/1978 | 561 | £56 | 5 | Y | | |
Hawera | 20/10/1881 | - | 300 | £417 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Heathcote | 1/12/1863 | 11/8/1985 | 504 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Helensville | 18/7/1881 | 12/6/1987 | 40 | £114 | 4 | Y | Y (mrr) | |
Henderson | 21/12/1880 | <2006 | 33 | £294 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Heriot | 18/3/1884 | 7/10/1978 | 755 | £22 | 7 | | Y | |
Hikurangi | 2/7/1894 | - | 70 | £102 | 4 | Y | Y (dbl, tpl) | |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (=Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Hinds | 31/3/1875 | 22/9/1986 | 616 | | 10 | | Y | |
Hokitika | c.3/1876 | - | 907 | £380 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Hornby | 13/10/1866 | - | 571 | £7 | 9 | Y | | |
Hukanui | 3/5/1897 | 17/10/1982 | 394 | £21 | 7 | Y | Y | |
Hunterville | 2/6/1888 | 13/10/1986 | 265 | £49 | 6 | HUNTER'LE | Y | |
Huntly | 13/8/1877 | - | 125 | £126 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Ikamatua | 27/7/1891 | 26/2/1983 | 933 | | 10 | | | |
Inangahua | 1/7/1914 | 9/8/1943 | 936 | | ? | | | |
Inglewood | 30/11/1877 | 22/9/1986 | 276 | £64 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Invercargill | 5/2/1867 | - | 783 | High | 2 | INCARGILL | Y | Y |
Islington | c.4/1880 | 18/6/1972 | 588 | £37 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Johnsonville | 24/9/1885 | 13/5/1968 | 358 | | 10 | JOHNSONVL | | |
Kai Iwi | 28/6/1879 | 22/9/1986 | 306 | | 10 | Y | | |
Kaiapoi | 29/4/1872 | 13/10/1986 | 518 | £65 | 5 | Y | | |
Kaikohe | 1/5/1914 | 10/3/1987 | 77 | £52 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Kaikoura | 15/12/1945 | - | 546 | | ? | | | |
Karangahape Rd | ? | ? | | | 10 | K'HAPE RD | | |
Katikati | 18/6/1928 | 12/9/1978 | 172 | £95 | 5 | | | |
Kawakawa | 1/7/1903 | - | 74 | £115 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Kelso | 1/12/1880 | 7/10/1978 | 754 | £12 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Kingston | 10/7/1878 | 25/11/1979 | 829 | £5 | 9 | Y | | |
Kirwee | 1/12/1874 | 1/3/1970 | 591 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Kohatu | 4/2/1906 | 1/2/1931 | | | 10 | | | |
Kumara | 18/12/1893 | 3/11/1986 | 909 | £12 | 8 | | | |
Kurow | 1/4/1885 | 5/6/1983 | 647 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Lambton | 1885 | 19/6/1937 | | V.High | 1 | Y | Y (both types) (dbl) | |
Lawrence | 2/5/1877 | 1/6/1968 | 725 | £71 | 5 | Y | Y (dbl ) | |
Leeston | 13/7/1875 | 30/6/1962 | 578 | | 10 | Y | | |
Levin | 2/8/1886 | - | 352 | £157 | 4 | Y | Y (mrr ) | |
Lichfield | 21/6/1886 | 12/6/1950 | 149 | | 10 | | | |
Lincoln | 26/4/1875 | 1/7/1967 | 573 | 15 | 8 | Y (dbl) | | |
Little River | 16/3/1886 | 30/6/1962 | 585 | | 10 | L RIVER | | |
Longburn | 20/10/1876 | 13/10/1986 | 338 | £30 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Lovell's Flat | 22/1/1878 | 23/12/1979 | 732 | £9 | 9 | | | |
Lower Hutt | 18/4/1874 | 16/3/1981 | 371 | £49 | 6 | Y | | Y |
Lumsden | 7/2/1876 | 15/1/1978 | 824 | £116 | 4 | Y | Y | 824 LUMSDEN |
Lyttelton | 9/11/1867 | 13/10/1986 | 500,501 | £44 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Maheno | 4/11/1876 | 26/2/1983 | 658 | £19 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Makareao | 12/7/1900 | 1/6/1989 | 664 | | ? | | | |
Makarewa | 3/10/1864 | 12/12/1982 | 796 | £12 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Makikihi | 30/10/1876 | 25/7/1971 | 634 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Mamaku | 24/11/1893 | 10/6/2000 | 153 | £9 | 9 | Y | | |
Mangapehi | 1/4/1901 | 8/1/1950 | 229 | | 10 | | | |
Mangatainoka | 11/8/1897 | 1/2009 | 397 | | 10 | M'TAINOKA | | |
Mangaweka | 3/11/1902 | 15/11/1981 | 261 | £40 | 6 | Y, M’WEKA | Y | |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (=Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Marton | 1/6/1898 | - | 270 | £142 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Masterton | 1/11/1880 | - | 388 | £402 | 3 | Y | Y | Y |
Matamata | 8/3/1886 | <12/2007 | 144 | £187 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Mataroa | 1/6/1907 | 22/9/1986 | 257 | £15 | 8 | | Y | |
Mataura | 7/6/1875 | - | 773 | £50 | 5 | Y | Y (both types) | |
Matawhero | 1/2/1943 | 28/2/1982 | 477 | | 10 | | | |
Maungaturoto | 1/2/1920 | 12/6/1987 | 48 | £39 | 6 | MAUNGA-/TUROTO | Y (dbl) | |
Mercer | 20/5/1875 | <1993 | 122 | | 10 | Y | Y (type III ) | |
Methven | 13/12/1880 | 31/7/1976 | 607 | £29 | 7 | Y | | |
Middlemarch | 28/4/891 | 4/4/1990 | 696 | £85 | 5 | Y, MD'MARCH (dbl) | Y | |
Midhirst | 17/12/1879 | 22/9/1986 | 280 | | 10 | | | |
Milburn | 22/1/1878 | 27/4/1985 | 719 | £13 | 8 | | | |
Miller's Flat | 16/12/1925 | 1/6/1968 | 728 | £22 | 7 | Mlrs Flat | Y | |
Milton | 22/1/1878 | - | 721 | £45 | 6 | Y | Y (both types ) | |
Mina | 1/8/1910 | 13/10/1986 | 538 | £18 | 8 | Y | | |
Moana | 6/12/1892 | 11/8/1985 | 920 | £21 | 7 | Y | Y | |
Morrinsville | 1/10/1884 | - | 142 | £158 | 4 | MRNSVILLE | Y (dbl ) | |
Morven | 1/2/1877 | 3/10/1971 | 638 | £9 | 9 | Y | | |
Mosgiel | 1/9/1875 | - | 711 | £183 | 4 | Y | Y (both types ) | |
Motuhora | 26/11/1917 | 15/3/1959 | 482 | | 10 | Y | | |
Mount Eden | 29/3/1880 | - | 26 | £142 | 4 | MT EDEN | Y | |
Mount Somers | 15/9/1886 | 1/1/1968 | 614 | £3 | 9 | MTSOMERS | | |
Napier | 12/10/1874 | - | 418 | High | 2 | Y | Y | Y |
National Park | 9/11/1908 | - | 242 | £80 | 5 | NAT.PARK | NATIONAL PK. | |
Nelson | 31/1/1876 | 3/9/1955 | 962,964 | £371 | 3 | Y | Y | |
New Plymouth | 14/10/1875 | 5/4/1988 | 271,272 | High | 2 | N.PLYMTH | Y | Y (green , violet) |
Newmarket | 20/12/1873 | - | 25 | £325 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Ngahauranga | 14/4/1874 | 13/12/1965 | 369 | | ? | NHAURANGA | Y | |
Ngahere | 1/8/1889 | - | 930 | £23 | 7 | | | |
Ngapara | 1/4/1877 | 12/7/1959 | 655 | | 10 | Y | | |
Ngaruawahia | 13/7/1877 | 29/7/1988 | 129 | £87 | 5 | NRUAWAHIA | Y | |
Normanby | 18/6/1881 | 22/9/1986 | 299 | £13 | 8 | | | |
Nuhaka | 1/7/1939 | 22/9/1986 | 427 | | ? | | | |
Oamaru | 22/9/1875 | - | 650,651 | £643 | 2 | Y | Y | Y |
Ohakune | 15/2/1909 | - | 246 | £266 | 3 | Y | Y (dbl ) | |
Ohaupo | 4/6/1878 | 13/6/1982 | 220 | | ? | Y | | |
Ohura | 4/9/1933 | - | 235 | | ? | | | |
Okahukura Jn. | 1912 | 27/8/1978 | 233 | £97 | 5 | | | |
Okaihau | 29/10/1923 | 15/8/1983 | 79 | | ? | | | |
Omakau | 1/9/1904 | 4/4/1990 | 704 | £26 | 7 | | Y | |
Onehunga Town | 20/12/1873 | 16/3/1981 | 95 | £186 | 4 | ONEHUNGA, ON’GA TOWN | Onehunga Town (Type IV) | |
Onehunga Wharf | c.6/1874 | 28/12/2006 | 95 | | 10 | | | |
Onerahi | 2/10/1911 | 30/6/1933 | | | 10 | | | |
Ongarue | 1/7/1903 | - | 232 | £38 | 6 | | Y | |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (= Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Opawa | 30/4/1864 | 30/4/1972 | | | 10 | | | |
Opua | 7/4/1884 | 18/2/1981 | 75 | | 10 | Y | | |
Opunake | 12/7/1926 | 31/7/1976 | 293 | | ? | | | |
Orari | 4/2/1876 | 30/8/1981 | 618 | £47 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Orepuki | 6/5/1885 | 31/7/1976 | 802 | £13 | 8 | Y | | |
Ormondville | 9/8/1880 | 31/8/1985 | 405 | £47 | 6 | ORMONDVL | | |
Otahuhu | 20/5/1875 | - | 100 | £60 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Otaki | 2/8/1986 | - | 354 | £100 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Otane | 28/8/1876 | 8/6/1985 | 412 | £19 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Otautau | 15/12/1879 | - | 810 | £33 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Otira | 13/11/1900 | 2/1992 | 925 | £41 | 6 | Y | | |
Otiria Junction | 29/11/1925 | 15/8/1983 | 73 | £63 | 5 | OTIRIAJCN | Y | |
Otorohanga | 9/3/1887 | - | 225 | £45 | 6 | OTO'HANGA | Y | |
Oturehua | 2/12/1901 | 3/11/1986 | 702 | £37 | 6 | Y | | |
Outram | 1/10/1877 | 4/12/1953 | 713 | | 10 | Y | | |
Owaka | 22/6/1896 | 27/2/1971 | 740 | £63 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Oxford East | 21/6/1875 | 19/4/1959 | 525 | | ? | OXFORD E | Y | |
Paekakariki | 31/3/1886 | - | 356 | £125 | 4 | P'KAKARIKI | Y | |
Paeroa | 20/12/1895 | 28/6/1991 | 160 | £62 | 5 | Y | Y (dbl) | |
Pahiatua | 3/5/1897 | 1/2009 | 396 | £77 | 5 | Y | Y | 396 PAHIATUA |
Palmerston | 22/7/1878 | 25/7/1980 | 663 | £22 | 7 | Y, PAL SOUTH | Y | |
Palmerston N. | 27/4/1876 | - | 333 | £889 | 2 | PAL.NORTH | Y (both types) | PALMERSTON NORTH |
Papakura | 20/5/1875 | 3/11/986 | 105 | £90 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Papanui | 29/4/1872 | 13/10/1986 | 514 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Paparoa | 29/11/1925 | 25/5/1980 | 50 | £109 | 4 | Y | | |
Papatoetoe | 20/5/1875 | 5/12/1983 | 102 | £95 | 5 | PAPA’TOE | | |
Parnassus | 2/9/1912 | 15/2/1982 | 540 | | 10 | Y | | |
Patea | 28/8/1883 | 22/9/1986 | 302 | £191 | 4 | Y | | |
Penrose | 24/12/1873 | 16/3/1981 | 93 | | 10 | Y | | |
Petone | 9/6/1875 | 22/3/1981 | 370 | £171 | 4 | Y | Y (both types) | |
Picton | 12/10/1875 | - | 970 | £13 | 8 | Y | | |
Pleasant Point | 24/12/1875 | 3/3/1968 | 624 | | 10 | PL POINT | Y | |
Pokeno | 20/5/1875 | 30/3/1980 | 116 | £76 | 5 | Y | | |
Port Ahuriri | 25/11/1874 | 26/2/1984 | 420 | £28 | 7 | | | |
Port Chalmers | 26/12/1872 | 18/2/1962 | 675,676 | £156 | 4 | PCHALMERS | Y | |
Port Chalmers Upper | 20/12/1877 | 25/6/1978 | 673 | £10 | 8 | P.CHAS UP | | |
Prebbleton | 26/4/1875 | 1/7/1967 | | £6 | 9 | | | |
Pukekohe | 20/5/1875 | - | 112 | 209 | 3 | Y | Y | Y |
Pukeuri | 27/9/1875 | 26/7/1981 | 612 | | 10 | Y | | |
Putaruru | 21/6/1886 | 10/12/2002 | 147 | £229 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Putorino | 6/10/1930 | 26/2/1982 | 422 | | ? | | | |
Queenstown | N/A | N/A | 831 | | 10 | QUEENSTN | Y | |
Raetihi | 18/12/1917 | 1/1/1968 | 249 | £36 | 6 | Y | | |
Rakaia | 2/6/1873 | - | 605 | £36 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Ranfurly | 1/2/1898 | 4/4/1990 | 700 | £112 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (=Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Rangataua | 15/2/1909 | 19/9/1986 | 253 | £17 | 8 | R’GATAUA | Y | |
Rangiora | 5/11/1882 | - | 521 | | 10 | Y | | |
Rangitata | 4/2/1876 | 14/5/1972 | 617 | £3 | 9 | Y | | |
Rapunga | 27/2/1939 | 22/9/1986 | 423 | | ? | | | |
Ravensbourne | 1873 | 13/9/1981 | 679 | | 10 | RAVENSB’E | | |
Reefton | 29/2/1892 | - | 935 | £82 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Remuera | 20/12/1873 | 3/8/1987 | 86 | £11 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Rewanui | 21/1/1914 | 19/8/1985 | 916 | | 10 | | | |
Riccarton | 29/4/1872 | 2/7/1977 | 512 | £9 | 9 | Y | | |
Riversdale | 1/8/1880 | 1/4/1971 | 766 | £13 | 8 | R’DALE | Y | |
Riverton | 9/6/1879 | 15/1/1978 | 799 | £59 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Rolleston | 16/10/1866 | 13/10/1986 | 590 | £6 | 9 | Y | | |
Ross | 1/4/1909 | 24/11/980 | 905 | | 10 | Y | | |
Rotorua | 8/12/1894 | 10/6/2000 | 155 | £224 | 3 | Y | Y (dbl ) | |
Roxburgh | 18/4/1928 | 1/6/1968 | 729 | £4 | 9 | Y | | |
Runanga | 1/12/1904 | 1944 | 914 | | 10 | | | |
Sawyer's Bay | <16/4/1874 | 3/11/1986 | 674 | £3 | 9 | Y | | |
Seacliff | 7/5/1878 | 5/8/1973 | 669 | £9 | 9 | Y | Y | |
Sefton | 5/10/1875 | 24/4/1977 | 528 | £6 | 9 | Y | | |
Shannon | 2/8/1886 | 22/9/1986 | 350 | £43 | 6 | Y | Y | |
Sheffield | 1/12/1874 | 29/3/1981 | 594 | £9 | 9 | Y | | |
Southbridge | 13/7/1875 | 30/6/1962 | 579 | £19 | 8 | S’BRIDGE | | |
Springfield | 24/12/1879 | 3/11/1986 | 595 | £3 | 9 | SPGFIELD | | |
Springston | 26/4/1875 | 30/6/1962 | 595? | | 10 | SPRINGSTN | | |
St Andrew's | 1/7/1876 | 21/12/1980 | 633 | £30 | 6 | Y | | |
St. Leonards | 26/12/1873 | 3/5/1932 | 677 | £23 | 7 | Y | | |
Stillwater | 14/11/1887 | - | 918 | £6 | 9 | STILLWATR | | |
Stirling | 22/1/1878 | - | 735 | £15 | 8 | Y | | |
Stratford | 17/12/1879 | - | 281 | £333 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Studholme | 1/2/1877 | - | 635 | £12 | 8 | | Y | |
Symonds Street | ? | ? | | | 10 | Y | | |
Tahakopa | 4/2/1915 | 27/2/1971 | 742 | £13 | 8 | | Y | |
Taihape | 1/11/1904 | - | 258 | £417 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Takapau | 12/3/1877 | - | 407 | | 10 | Y | | 407 TAKAPAU |
Taneatua | 1/2/1926 | 2/12/2001 | 190 | £13 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Tapanui | 1/12/1880 | 7/10/1978 | 753 | £29 | 7 | Y | Y | |
Tariki | 17/12/1879 | 26/2/1977 | 278 | £42 | 6 | | | |
Taumarunui | 1/12/1903 | - | 238 | £358 | 3 | T'MARUNUI | Y (dbl ) | Y |
Taupiri | 19/12/1877 | 3/10/1982 | 128 | £56 | 5 | Y | | |
Tauranga | 18/6/1928 | c.12./1989 | 175 | £326 | 3 | | Y | 175 / TAURANGA |
Te Aroha | 1/3/1886 | 11/7/1986 | 158 | £191 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Te Awamutu | 1/7/1880 | - | 222 | £145 | 4 | TAWAMUTU | Y | |
Te Karaka | 13/4/1905 | 15/3/1959 | | | 10 | Y | | |
Te Kauwhata | 13/8/1877 | 24/11/1985 | 123 | | ? | TKAUWHATA | | |
Te Kuiti | 2/12/1887 | - | 227 | £189 | 4 | Y | Y | Y |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (=Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Te Puke | 16/10/1913 | - | 180 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Te Wera | 20/6/1910 | 2/5/1986 | 283 | | 10 | Y | | |
Tekauwhata | 13/8/1877 | 24/11/985 | 123 | £54 | 5 | TKAUWHATA | | |
Templeton | 13/10/1866 | 25/7/1971 | | | 10 | | | Y (on ISLINGTON T3) |
Temuka | 26/10/1875 | - | 620 | £102 | 4 | Y | Y (dbl) | |
Thames | 28/4/1929 | 28/6/1991 | 165 | £208 | 3 | Y | Y | |
Thames South | 19/12/1898 | 27/4/1929 | ??4 | | 10 | THAMES S | | |
Thornbury | 9/6/1879 | - | 798 | | 10 | Y | | |
Thorndon | 1884 | 17/6/1937 | 361 | V.High | 1 | Y | Y (both types) | |
Timaru | 26/10/1875 | - | 630,631 | High | 2 | Y | Y (dbl ) | 630 TIMARU |
Tinwald | 31/5/1875 | 11/10/1981 | 612 | £18 | 8 | Y | | |
Trentham | 8/1/1907 | - | 374 | | ? | | | |
Tuakau | 20/5/1875 | 2/3/1986 | 114 | £72 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Tuatapere | 1/10/1909 | 31/7/1976 | 805 | | 10 | Y | | |
Turakina | 17/5/1877 | 7/2/1947 | 314 | £12 | 8 | Y | | |
Upper Hutt | 1/2/1876 | - | 376 | £103 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Utiku | 1/11/1904 | 13/10/1986 | | | 10 | Y | | |
Waiareka | 4/11/1876 | <1/11/1904 | 653 | | 10 | | | |
Waiau | 15/12/1919 | 15/1/1978 | 565 | £6 | 9 | | | |
Waihi | 9/11/1905 | 12/9/1978 | 170 | £168 | 4 | Y | | |
Waikari | 6/4/1882 | 15/1/1978 | 560 | £30 | 6 | Y | | |
Waikouaiti | c.4/1886 | 19/12/1986 | 667 | £22 | 7 | W’KOUAITI | Y | |
Waimahaka | 9/6/1899 | 31/7/1966 | 786 | | 10 | | | |
Waimangaroa | 1879 | 3/2/1957 | 947 | | 10 | | | |
Waimate | 19/3/1877 | 1/4/1966 | 636 | £106 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Waiotira | 29/11/1925 | 12/6/1987 | 54 | | 10 | Y | Y | |
Waiouru | 1/7/1908 | 13/10/1986 | 255 | | ? | | | |
Waipahi | 21/6/1877 | 31/1/1979 | 751 | £8 | 9 | Y | Y | |
Waipara | 6/10/1880 | - | 530 | £6 | 9 | Y | | |
Waipawa | 28/8/1876 | 18/8/1984 | 411 | £116 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Waipiata | 1/12/1898 | 3/11/1986 | 699 | £69 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Waipukurau | 12/3/1877 | - | 410 | £127 | 4 | W'PUKURAU | Y | 410 WAIPUKURAU |
Wairio | 2/2/1882 | <12/1999 | 811 | £10 | 8 | Y | Y | 811 WAIRIO |
Wairoa | 2/1923 | 23/8/1937 | 425 | | ? | | | |
Waitahuna | 22/1/1877 | 1/6/1968 | 7xx | | 10 | Y | | |
Waitara | 14/10/1875 | 2/2/1999 | 274 | £185 | 4 | Y | Y (dbl ) | |
Waitati | 20/12/1877 | 28/4/1874 | 671 | £16 | 8 | Y | | |
Waitoa | 1/3/1886 | 29/3/1981 | 156 | £24 | 7 | Y | | |
Waitotara | 20/9/1880 | 15/9/1986 | 304 | | 10 | Y | | |
Waiuku | 10/5/1922 | 1/1/1968 | 110 | £25 | 7 | Y | | |
Waiwera | 22/1/1879 | 21/6/1981 | 747 | | 10 | | | |
Wakefield | 31/1/1876 | 17/6/1954 | 959 | | 10 | Y | | |
Wanganui | 21/1/1878 | - | 310 | High | 2 | Y | Y (both types) (dbl ) | |
Ward | 15/4/1911 | 13/10/1986 | | | 10 | Y | | |
Washdyke | 26/10/1875 | 22/9/1986 | 623 | £21 | 7 | | | |
Station | Opened | Closed | Stn No. | £Value | Scarcity Band | Typewritten Type I | 3mm CAPS Types II (=Y) & III | Handstamp Type V |
Waverley | 23/3/1881 | 22/9/1986 | 303 | £19 | 8 | Y | Y | |
Wellington | 1/11/1880 | - | 362, 364,365 | V.High | 1 | WN CBO | WELLINGTON (mrr), WELLINGTON/ CENTRAL B.O. (dbl), CENTRAL B.O./ WELLINGTON (dbl) | Y (at least 3 types) |
Wellsford | 15/2/1909 | <4/1999 | 44 | £125 | 4 | Y | Y | |
Westport | 5/8/1876 | - | 945 | £393 | 3 | Y | Y (dbl, tpl ) | 945 WESTPORT |
Whakatane | 26/7/1937 | 3/12/2001 | 191 | | ? | | | |
Whangamomona | 1/7/1914 | 2/5/1986 | 285 | £22 | 7 | W'MOMONA | | |
Whangarei | 28/10/1880 | - | 67 | £860 | 2 | Y | Y | Y |
Winchester | 4/2/1876 | 22/9/1986 | 619 | £27 | 7 | W'CHESTER | | |
Wingatui | 1/9/1875 | 3/11/1986 | 693 | | 10 | | Y | |
Winton | 20/8/1871 | 13/12/1982 | 815 | £93 | 5 | Y | Y | |
Woodlands | 11/2/1874 | 4/4/1982 | 780 | £47 | 6 | Y | | |
Woodville | 22/3/1887 | - | 399 | £15 | 8 | Y | | |
Woolston | c.6/1883 | 13/10/1986 | 505 | £7 | 9 | Y | | |
Wyndham | 2/10/1882 | 9/9/1962 | 776 | £15 | 8 | Y | | |
Based on photographs taken of original maps on the wall of the restored Ormondville Station rooms.
For the 1983 RPSNZ publication on these stamps, author Jim Brodie arranged with the Government Printer, and with permission of New Zealand Railways, to have posthumous proof pulls made from the remaining plates held at the National Museum (now Te Papa Tongarewa).
Prints were made variously of the part-sheets of 60, 50 and the make-up clichés of 10, in a variety of colours (many in similar colours to the original).
A pair of the sheetlets of 10 – the 10/- in blue and 9d in red - were used in the publication. A block of 4 of the 10/- were also used in the advertising flyer.
in the Archives of the RPSNZ. Part of a 5x10 sheet of the 10/- in emerald is shown below.
Collectors should be aware of any being presented for sale as “original” proofs.
In his publication, Brodie notes sheet numbers in black figures are found in the top selvedge above stamp 1/12 for ½d, 2d, 3d, 6d & 1/- stamps issued 1928-33. The large 3d block shown previously can extend this to at least 1938.
Later printings 1944-58 have the sheet number in the stamp colour reading upwards beside stamp 1/1 for the ½d, 2d & 3d, or downwards beside stamp 10/12 for the 1d No Stop.
Some images from part sheets held in the New Zealand National Archives are shown below.
With the imminent withdrawal of the earlier Railway Newspaper ½d stamp, a new value was required for the Railway Charges set.
On 1 November 1927 the Government Printer produced this proof, using a diagonal fraction bar (see the 2/6d design).
This was rejected on the 9th November, and the following day an amended design with a horizontal design was approved.
Note this has the rail section at the base (per the 9d), this was removed prior to printing the first sheet on 9 January 1928, in sheets of 120.
As part of the 1982 Architecture set, the 30c value showed the Dunedin Railway station.
To coincide with that, a limited edition of 500 Cinderellas in miniature sheet form was issued by the Cancer Research Trust.
The 1/- Railway Charges stamp was used as the main design, with text reading up the left side
“1928 RAILWAY CHARGES STAMP / SPECIAL REPRODUCTION 1982”. It is rouletted 9.5.
The 1928 year is incorrect, the 1/- (and most other values) were issued in 1925.
Unfortunately, as at April 2019, eBay seller scottvisnjic (Taiwan) is successfully selling a wide variety of forgeries of scarce New Zealand stamps, including Railway Charges. Those sold go for between NZ$5 and $10. Those illustrated below are perf 14.
Not every collector can buy the original stamps, so they need replica to complete their collection.
All Reproduction Stamps items are marked "FORGERY" on the back as required by eBay.
Unfortunately, examples are already appearing on TradeMe with the “FORGERY” text removed, and not being unambiguously described as being forgeries.
As the scarcest and top value, the 10/- plum only shows up occasionally[16]. This appendix aims solely to illustrate those I have obtained images of.
Reference to ebay/Trademe given, or to other online sites. The owner is not given for privately owned examples.
1,2. THORNDON Type I (2013, before being split) 1. THORNDON Type I 3. THORNDON Type I 4,5. CHRISTCHURCH Type II (TradeMe, March 2014, left of pair) (ozrevenues.com)
6. ROTORUA Type II (TradeMe, March 2014) | 7. INVERCARGILL Type I (virtualanewzealandstamps.bl ogspot.com) | 8. TIMARU Type I | 9. TIMARU Type II (TradeMe) | 10. ex Presentation Set |
11. CHRISTCHURCH Type II 12. THORNDON Type III 13. LAMBTON Type III 14. LAMBTON Type I 15. THORNDON Type 1
(TradeMe November 2021) (Ashford Stamps auction #22 (Classic Stamp Ltd auction #29 (Classic Stamp Ltd auction #49 (David Holmes Philatelist Ltd auction #18
25/1/2001) 29/11/2002) 8/2/2008) 16/11/1999, also RPSNZ Handbook Vol VI, p273)
16. THORNDON Type I 17. COURTENAY PLACE
Type I
18. CHRISTCHURCH Type II
(Spink, Nov. 2008)
19. LAMBTON Type III 20,21. THORNDON Type I
(Mowbray International #18 (Mowbray International #29 2017) 2009)
22. TIMARU Type I 23. HAWERA Type III 24. DUNEDIN Type II? 25. THORNDON Type I 26. THORNDON Type I (TradeMe Sept 2014) (Ashford #87 2018) (ACS #180 2009) (ACS #181 2009 (ACS #217 2017)
27. THORNDON Type II 28. Specimen H/S
(ACS #240 2022 lot 1850) (Corbitts #22/4 2022
ex lot 175)
A tabulation of recorded items, by Station and Overprint Type.
Station | Type I | Type II/III |
CHRISTCHURCH | | 4 |
COURTENAY PLACE | 1 | |
DUNEDIN | | 1 |
HAWERA | | 1 |
INVERCARGILL | 1 | |
LAMBTON | 1 | 2 |
ROTORUA | | 1 |
THORNDON | 9 | 2 |
TIMARU | 2 | 1 |
Some recent (2014-22) Trademe & Ebay sales are shown, with the Kiwi simplified catalogue value in parentheses for comparison.
The focus is on scarcer station names, and varieties. Notable prices are in bold.
Items from 2020 onwards prefixed with * are new station overprint type entries to Appendix A, based on the most recent version of this guide published at the time of sale.
2014-15
ALEXANDRA Band 8 $27 ($10, note poor condition) | BLENHEIM Band 5 $47 ($10) | METHVEN Band 7 $107 ($10) | BLUFF Band 5 $135 ($50) |
RAETIHI Band 6 $166 ($10) | OREPUKI Band 8 $169 ($10) | ST ANDREWS Band 6 $42 ($10) | RANGIORA Band 10 $50 ($5) |
THORNDON 10/- $1690 ($1250) THAMES Band 3 $185 ($75) RIVERSDALE Band 8 $120 ($10) SPRINGSTON Band 10 $466 ($40 for 4)
PETONE Band 4 $152 ($25) K’HAPE RD Band 10 $96 ($25) LAWRENCE Band 5 (dbl) thinned $50 ($5) CLINTON Band 8 (dbl) $74 ($5)
SEFTON Band 9 with BALCAIRN Secondary station $320 ($10) | MT SOMERS Band 9 $199 ($10) | MILLERS FLAT Band 7 $78 ($5) | CULVERDEN Band 6 $103 ($10) |
HASTINGS Type V $62 ($10) KIRWEE Band 10 $156 ($10) OXFORD EAST Band ? $225 ($10) AMBERLEY Band 6 $78 ($10)
MAKIKIHI Band 10 $192 ($75) TIMARU 10/- $1110 ($1250) OTAUTAU Band 6 $63 ($10) WAIPAHI Band 9 $89 ($10)
THORNBURY Band 10 $178 (10) WELLINGTON Type V $29 ($10) OTANE Band 8 $50 ($10), note LHS condition) PORT CHALMERS Band 4 $142 ($10)
CULVERDEN Band 6 $144 ($5) HUNTERVILLE Band 6 $137 ($75) LITTLE RIVER Band 10 $150 ($10) BLENHEIM Type V $67 ($10)
CARTERTON Band 6 $100 ($25) SHANNON Band 6 $110 ($25) MORVEN Band 9 $104 ($10) Note damage RIVERSDALE Band 8 $80 ($10)
WESTPORT 1d & 3d on 1941 newspaper $335 ($15)
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HIKURANGI Band 4 $68 ($5) | PAEKAKARIKI Band 4 $84 ($10) | WAIOTIRA Band 10 $71 ($10) | WHANGAREI Type V $57 ($10) |
DARFIELD Band 7 $77 ($10) | WAITATI Band 8 $90 ($10) | WOODLANDS Band 6 $114 ($10) | FEATHERSTON Band 5 $21 ($10) |
ONEHUNGA TOWN Band 4 $66 ($10) | ROSS Band 10 $167 ($10) | GREYMOUTH late use 21 JAN 1946 $48 ($5) | HAMILTON H/S $51 ($10) |
2016-17
TIMARU 10/- $1715 ($1250) TAKAPAU Band 10 $200 ($75) MILTON Band 6 $45 ($10) ADDINGTON Band 4 $56 ($10)
TUATAPERE Band 10 $151 ($10) DUNSANDEL Band 8 $299 ($75) OTANE Band 8 $210 ($10) PENROSE Band 10 $50 ($10)
OTAHUHU Band 5 $187 ($10) BUS OFFICE DUNEDIN $77 ($10) RICCARTON Band 9 $107 ($50) HUNTERVILLE Band 6 $153 ($75)
TE HORO on OTAKI Flag station $243 ($10) | MIDDLEMARCH T1 dbl $101 ($5) | MOTUHORA Band 10 $105 ($10) damaged | EKETAHUNA Band 10 $147 ($25) |
ELTHAM Band 5 $58 ($10) | WAIPAWA Band 4 $85 ($10) | WAIPAWA Band 4 $95 ($50) | HAMPDEN Band 9 $173 ($10) |
TE HORO on OTAKI Secondary station $350 ($10) | DUNTROON Pair Band 10 $137 $(20) | TAPANUI Band 7 $102 ($50) | MOANA Band 7 $100 ($10) poor condition |
HARWARDEN Band 5 $156 ($10) HARWARDEN Band 5 $139 ($25) LEVIN Band 4 $57 ($5) THAMES Band 3 $74 ($5)
OWAKA Band 5 $152 ($10) LOWER HUTT Band 6 $146 ($10) INGLEWOOD Band 5 $85 ($5) DARGAVILLE Band 5 $129 ($10)
NELSON Band 3 $121 ($5) MIDDLEMARCH Band 5 $54 ($10) MAUNGATUROTO band 6 $101 ($10) WAITARA Band 8 $122 ($10)
WAIPIATA Band 5 $162 ($5) | ADDINGTON Band 4 $102 ($10) | MATAURA Band 5 $102 ($25) | NEW PLYMOUTH H/S pair $96 ($20) |
2018-19 |
| | |
407 TAKAPAU H/S Band 10 $151 ($60) | WAIKOUAITI Band 7 $335 ($10) | LINCOLN Band 8 $331 ($10) | 824 LUMSDEN H/S $247 ($5) |
TUAKAU Band 10 $150 ($75) | TUAKAU Band 10 $146 ($10) | EKETAHUNA Band 10 $240 ($50) | THAMES SOUTH Band 10 $166 ($10) |
HASTINGS H/S $251 ($5) | GISBORNE H/S $187 ($5) | RAETIHI Band 6 $99 ($10) | WAIPAWA Band 4 $84 ($50) |
WAIPAWA Band 4 $121 ($50) | KAI IWI Band 10 $1,260 ($10) | LINCOLN Band 8 (dbl) $128 ($5) | NATIONAL PARK Band 5 $225 pmked pair ($20) |
Type I reading down 
NATIONAL PARK Band 5 $180 pmked ($50) ) | COURTENAY PLACE $50 | NGAPARA Band 10 $122 ($10) | OXFORD EAST Band ? $128 ($10) |
OXFORD EAST Band ? $451 ($75) WYNDHAM Band 8 $152 ($10) RAKAIA Band 6 $124 ($10) TEMUKA Band 4 (dbl) $52 ($50)
2020
ROLLESTON (Band 9) and HEATHCOTE (Band 10) both with Post Office cancellations. $2,912 (Trademe)
*TAIPUHA on PAPAROA $155 (Ebay) | MGM perfins on 1d and 2/6d CENTRAL B.O. / WELLINGTON $900 (TradeMe) | *EWM/W perfin $865 (Trademe) |
AUCKLAND (dbl) $35 ($10) PAHIATUA Band 5 $53 ($5) OTIRA Band 6 $546 ($10) 388 MASTERTON H/S $445 ($10)
GORE multiple Band 3 $250 ($5) AUCKLAND PARCELS H/S $80 ($10) *ISLINGTON Band 6 $151 ($10) 410 WAIPUKURAU H/S UHM pair $290 (ebay)
*ABBOTSFORD Band 10 $227 ($10) *NAPIER PARCELS H/S 1s $279 ($10) HIKURANGI Band 4 (dbl) $219 ($60) HUNTERVILLE Band 6 $199 (10)
*PAPANUI Band 10 $241 ($50) *PAPANUI Band 10 $128 ($10) NEW PLYMOUTH H/S $156 ($10) RICCARTON Band 9 $146 ($10)
2021
RANGATAUA Band 8 $130 ($10) ALEXANDRA Band 8 $104 ($10) PORT CHALMERS Band 4 $101 ($5) *MANGAWEKA x2 Band 6 $151 ($20)
ISLINGTON Band 6 $151 ($10) DUNSANDEL Band 8 $300 ($10) WELLINGTON H/S $80 ($10) SYMONDS STREET Band 10 $144 ($10)
TE KAUWHATA Band ? $293 ($10) | RANGATAUA Band 8 $215 ($10) | TIMARU on Parcel Label $245 ($60) |
MINA Band 8 $240 ($10) LOWER HUTT H/S $101 ($10) K’HAPE RD Band 10 $152 ($50) CROMWELL Band 9 $186 ($75)
THAMES S Band 10 $122 ($10) THAMES S Band 10 $138 ($25) *BLUFF Band 5 $280 ($10) WOODLANDS Band 6 $189 ($5)
MASTERTON H/S Band 4 $249 ($120 pair) | OWAKA Band 5 $237 ($10) | RANFURLY Band 4 $280 ($15 for 3) |
WAIPIATA Band 5 $189 ($10) | CAVERSHAM Band 7 $292 ($10) | TAKAPAU H/S $176 ($60) | WAITOA Band 7 $189 ($10) |
TANEATUA Types I (2 @ 3d) and *II (1/6d) Band 8 $1111 ($75 for all) | | CHRISTCHURCH 10s $1,600 ($1,750) |
RIVERSDALE Band 8 $465 (ebay) ($75) | TAUMARANUI Band 3 $116 ($25) | MAHENO Band 8 $502 (ebay) ($50) | *MAKAREWA $8.50! (ebay Buy Now) ($10) |
*TE KUITI H/S (ACS auction) | QUEENSTOWN Band 10 $405 ($10) | WAIPAHI Band 9 $405 ($10) | WAIKOUAITI Band 7 $100 ($5) |
*TIRAU on PUTARURU $2,520 ($10) | *GREENLANE Band 7 Type I $121 ($5) | TAKAPAU Band 10 $190 ($50) | WAIKOUAITI Band 7 $140 ($10) |
2022
TAUMARUNUI H/S $162 ($10) | CLINTON Band 8 $143 ($5) | TANEATUA Band 8 $151 ($10) | LEVIN Band 4 mirror $50 ($10) |
*SAWYER’S BAY Band 9 $335 ($10) | *GLENAVY Band 10 $730 ($10) | *WAIPAHI (II) mis-spelled WIAPAHI Band 9 $393 ($10) | *WINGATUI Band 10 $500 ($10) |
SAWYER’S BAY Band 9 $517 ($10) | STILLWATER Band 9 $662 ($10) | DRURY Band 10 $262 ($10) | OREPUKI Band 8 $398 ($10) |
*MAMAKU Band 9 $621 ($10) | TE PUKE Band 10 $254 ($75) | *RANGIORA Band 10 $385 ($10) | OTAHUHU Band 5 $235 ($10) |
HIKURANGI Triple O/P Band 9 $248 ($60) | OTIRIA JUNCTION Band 5 $242 ($5) | OTIRIA JUNCTION Band 5 $293 ($10) | OTIRIA JUNCTION Band 5 $302 ($10) |
OWAKA Band 5 $200 ($10) *KIRWEE (II) Band 10 $362 ($10) STUDHOLME Band 8 $155 ($10) THORNDON $2701 ACS Auction #240 ($1,750)
*SOUTHBRIDGE (I) Band 8 $464 ($10) | *WAIRIO H/S Band 8 $158 (1D no dot, thin) ($5) | *NGAHAURANGA Band ? (II) 2s $405 ($25) | NGAHAURANGA Band ? (I) 6d $76 ($10) |
PORT CHALMERS Band 4 (I) 8d $176 ($75) | *HEATHCOTE Band 10 (I) 2d (pmk) $457 ($10) | *HEATHCOTE Band 10 (I) 1s $252 ($10) | HEATHCOTE Band 10 (II) 6d $466 ($10) |
HEATHCOTE Band 10 (II) 1d $480 ($5) HEATHCOTE Band 10 (II) 1d $200 ($5) RAKAIA Band 6 (I) 2d $74 ($10) RAKAIA Band 6 (I) 3d $84 ($10)
THORNBURY Band 10 (I) 1d $285 ($5) THORNBURY Band 10 (I) 3d $352 ($10) WAIKOUAITI Band 7 (I) 1d $146 ($5) MAUNGATUROTO Band 6 (I) 1d $102 ($5)
ORARI Band 6 (II) 1d $96 ($10) | STILLWATER Band 9 (I) 3d $555 ($10) | STILLWATER Band 9 (I) 1s $625 ($10) | RIVERSDALE Band 8 (I) 3d $495 ($10) |
*PAHIATUA H/S Band 5 $176 ($10)
The Missing Stations
Stations banded 9 and below are known to have had stamps issued to them, at least in the 1930-31 year.
Examples have been sighted for all banded 4 and below, but some in the 5 to 9 range have yet to be sighted (at least by this author).
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Okahukura | Tariki | Ngahere | Belfast | Donnelly’s Crossing |
Katikati | | Port Ahuriri | Kumara | Green Island |
| | | Washdyke | Milburn | Lovell’s Flat |
| | | | Normanby | Prebbleton |
| | | | | Waiau |
A few of those banded 10 or ? have also been sighted and so the search for examples of the many in those two Bands yet to be recorded should also continue, with some hope that they also exist.
Unrecorded types of station overprints for those where at least one type has been so far recorded continue to be sought to increase the completeness of Appendix A. This includes examples of the type III Letterpress overprint where so far only type II is recorded.
Cancellations
Five different types of large oval cancellations are described and illustrated in a preceding chapter. Generally, this requires an item on piece or a large multiple for the cancellation to be identified and described accurately. Three types of the “PAID BY STAMPS” cancellation are also shown, along with various (non-number) station handstamps. There are undoubtedly more to be recorded and illustrated.
Early & Late Dates
Clearly dated items from the first year (1925) of use remain very scarce. Brodie (1977) noted the trial of Time & Date (clock) stamps at Thorndon in November 1925, and that Date & Station cancellers were preferred by District Traffic Managers in February 1926. Given the initial instructions were to use the station number stamp, examples of any dated cancellation in the first 3-6 months will remain elusive, and most likely the Time & Date format. Naturally they will be on Type I overprints.
As noted earlier, dated examples from 1940 onwards are also rare, most likely from the very reduced volume of stamps in use.
Overprinting forme set-up
This 18th version has made some initial observations on this topic, in relation to type II/III. More horizontal examples of 3 or more stamps, preferably showing selvedge or a constant flaw to prove positioning are required.
Flaws
Brodie (1983) went to some length to describe the variety of constant flaws and their cause throughout the plate creation and subsequent printing processes. Some were illustrated in black & white from original proof sheets held at The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, with the rest being described only, but having actual printed examples illustrated close-up and in colour would be useful as well. Being able to position a stamp and therefore its overprint would also possibly assist with study on the forme set-up.
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